Oil changes everything. Tess was a runaway, trying to survive as a bar girl. Mike was a fugitive from his past, exploring for oil. His knowledge of the disputed waters of the South China Sea were worth millions. She became the pawn to buy his silence. Then she would die. Love and determination was all they had to stay alive ... and stay together.

Even by the standards of emerging market pioneers, Bill Browder has had a rollercoaster life, from launching one of the first Russian investment firms and almost losing it all in the 1998 Ruble crash,... [ Read full review ]